by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 22, 2021 | Facts, Health
New Delhi: An estimated 57,000 premature deaths in Delhi during 2020 can be attributed to air pollution, Greenpeace India said Wednesday, revealing the city's annual average air pollution levels exceeded the WHO's 2005 air quality guidelines (AQG) by nearly...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 22, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: Indian travellers vaccinated with two doses of Covishield will still have to undergo 10 days of quarantine in the UK even as the vaccine has been approved under the revised British guidelines for travel, according to UK officials. They said the main...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 22, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi,Sept 22; The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has recommended that Rs 50,000 be given to the kin of those who died of COVID-19, the Centre informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday. It said that ex-gratia assistance will also be given to the kin...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 22, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Reinsurance
Changes to the main U.S. flood insurance program will raise rates for 77% of policyholders, according to a new study issued on Tuesday, although property owners in some poorer neighborhoods will see premiums decrease. The study by the QuoteWizard unit of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 22, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Technology
MUNICH, Sept 22; Battery power may be the frontrunner to become the car technology of the future, but don't rule out the underdog hydrogen. That's the view of some major automakers, including BMW (BMWG.DE) and Audi (VOWG_p.DE), which are developing hydrogen...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 22, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
LONDON.Sept 22: Britain has launched a 220 million pound ($300 million)investment scheme to help some of the most polluting industries cut fossil fuel use and reduce emissions, it said on Wednesday. The move comes as industrial energy users are grappling with record...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 22, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
New Delhi: India's foodgrain production is likely to touch record 150.50 million tonne in the ongoing kharif season on better rice output amid good monsoon, the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday. In the kharif season of 2020-21 crop year (July-June), the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 22, 2021 | Indian News, Non-Life, Technology
Hyderabad, Sept 22: The Telangana government has entered into an agreement today with Wingsure, an insurtech venture spin-out of SRI International (formerly Stanford Research Institute) that leverages artificial intelligence and deep technology to protect...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 22, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
Children under the age of 2 are not getting the food or nutrients they need to thrive and grow well, leading to irreversible developmental harm, according to a new report released by UNICEF today. Fed to Fail? The crisis of children's diets in early life –...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 22, 2021 | Facts, Risk Management, Technology
Arecent study has shown how conditions and events in the solar atmosphere like coronal mass ejections influence the accuracy of space weather prediction, which is crucial for the health of satellites, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) said on Tuesday....
